caddie
cad·die/ˈkædi/noun, verb
caddie is spelled C-A-D-D-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (cad·die). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “caddie vs caddy” about 140 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, caddie means “A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of caddie is caddies.
How many letters and syllables are in caddie?
| Letters | 6: C-A-D-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cad·die |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 47,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is caddie?
Caddie appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce caddie?
- UK /ˈkædi/
- US /ˈkædi/
- US [-ɾi]
Caddie has 2 syllables, split cad·die in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-caddie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with caddie
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: caddy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: caddy.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with caddie?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as caddie from its last stressed vowel (/ædi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of caddie
- caddies plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cady
- cadie
- caddy
- caddying participle, present
- caddieing participle, present
- caddied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does caddie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandobsoleteSynonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- 2
ScotlandarchaicA young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
- 3
ScotlandA person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
- 4
A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
- 5
Alternative spelling of caddy.
verb
- 1
Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Caddie in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advic:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does caddie come from?
The noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”), from French cadet (“army cadet; younger sibling”), from capdet (“captain; chief”) (Gascony, archaic), from Late Latin capitettum, from Latin caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cadel, cadet, capital, capitellum, and caudillo. The verb is derived from the noun.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).